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March 2013

March 18, 2013

Pope Francis will wear a “used” ring—UPDATE

From the CNS Twitter feed: the ring is not one made specially for this occasion....

March 18, 2013

Pope Francis sends out first tweet: “Pray for me”

It isn't every day that you encounter these kinds of stats on Twitter: 1 TWEET....

March 17, 2013

They haven’t elected a theologian; they’ve elected a pastor

That was my thought, at least, watching the remarkable and touching images of Pope Francis...

March 17, 2013

Did Benedict suspect Bergoglio would be the next pope?

Given the widespread reports that the current pope was a runner-up in the last conclave,...

March 17, 2013

Pope Francis preaches mercy in Sunday homily

Details from Vatican Radio: Pope Francis is celebrating Sunday Mass in the parish church of...

March 16, 2013

VIDEO: Pope Francis meets the press

If you want a sense of the new pontiff's personality and his thinking, check out...

March 16, 2013

Young Pope Francis turned to God after snub from childhood sweetheart

You can't make this stuff up: Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the man this week elected as...

March 15, 2013

Historic: for first time since schism, Ecumenical Patriarch will attend pope’s installation Mass

This is a pretty big deal, folks: The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I will...

March 15, 2013

“Pope Francis’ style will make work harder for journalists…”

From Sister Mary Ann Walsh with the USCCB in Rome: Pope Francis’ style will make...

March 15, 2013

Pope asks flock in Argentina to stay home for installation, give money to charity instead

Remarkable: Apostolic Nunciature Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, March 14, 2013 Your Excellency, I have the...

March 15, 2013

The Franciscan style

Rocco has a few observations: Beyond scaling back the pomp surrounding his early morning stop...

March 14, 2013

The first homily of Pope Francis

Complete text, via the Vatican News site: In these three readings I see that there...

March 14, 2013

Who’s that guy with the white hat?

Not sure who shot this, but evidently one of the cardinals on the bus yesterday...

March 14, 2013

“This is a pope from Galilee”

That's what a French journalist said in 1978, when Karol Wojtyla became Pope John Paul...

March 14, 2013

“Today, the place for Christ is in the street”

The man we now know as Pope Francis, preaching on Palm Sunday 2008: Today, here...

March 14, 2013

Why Bergoglio?

As usual, John Allen has some great parsing of what happened yesterday and how the...

March 14, 2013

The first homily of Pope Francis

Complete text, via the Vatican News site: In these three readings I see that there...

March 14, 2013

Pope Francis, soccer fan

An interesting tidbit from Reuters: The new pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is not above the passion...

March 13, 2013

So how did Pope Francis travel on his first day as pope? —UPDATED

By bus. Like always. The scoop, from Cardinal Dolan: Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York...

March 13, 2013

Worth a thousand words: the man who would be pope, Holy Thursday 2005

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is shown washing the feet of women at a maternity...

March 13, 2013

Habemus papam!

As I mentioned on Facebook: we are in very good hands: Pope Francis is...

March 13, 2013

“We are living in a particularly beautiful and intense moment”

Those are the words of Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi, from today's briefing to reporters:...

March 13, 2013

Obama on possibility of an American pope: “Bishops in U.S. don’t seem to be taking orders from me”

He spoke with ABC News this morning and in a wide-ranging interview touched on the...

March 13, 2013

What the Vatican needs is a “Hall of Humility”

A worthy idea from the indispensable John Thavis, describing the hallway cardinals passed through on...

March 13, 2013

Covering the conclave: how the Italian press drives the story

How does media coverage of the Vatican work? Some insight from someone who knows, via...

March 13, 2013

What’s in a name? Oddsmakers predict one for the next pope

Maybe another Gregory? Leo? John? See what others are saying: As Catholics around the world watch...

March 12, 2013

Cardinal’s mother hopes he won’t become pope: “He would not be up to the bitchiness of the Vatican”

Bless her. Details: Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn's elderly mother hopes he won't become pope because...

March 12, 2013

From Cardinal Dolan: “Arrivederci!”

His final blog post before the conclave: I hope the conclave will not go on...

March 12, 2013

It isn’t just the cardinals who are sworn to secrecy

This video from Rome Reports shows some other staffers in the Vatican taking oaths of...

March 12, 2013

What do Muslims want in the next pope?

An interesting perspective, from Religion News Service: Together, Islam and Catholicism represent about 40 percent...